For seven studied plants, the soil-to-plant transfer factors of radium (TF) varied from 0.032 to 0.439 depending on plant types and the physicochemical properties of the soil. Some relationships were found between 226Ra TF and the properties of soil. TF positively correlated with clay content ...
The European bison, also known as the wisent, is another huge animal in Russia and can reach an average of 1,345 lb. This species is native to Europe but has been introduced to parts of Asia and North America. To survive in its natural environment, it feeds on grasses, leaves from sh...
KS1 - What is a habitat? Habitats areplaces where animals and plants live. The plants and animals - including humans - in a habitat need each other to survive. Most things live in habitats to which they are suited and different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of a...
Caohai – Renowned as one of the most popular bird breeding sights in the world, this area is known for housing the black-necked crane, one of the rarest waterfowl in the world. Over 200 migratory avifauna visit Caohai annually, drawn to the variety of water plants growing in the silt-...
Vacuolar K⁺ ion channels of the two-pore K⁺ (TPK) family play an important role in maintaining K⁺ homeostasis. Several TPK channels were previously shown to be expressed in the lytic vacuole (LV) tonoplast. Plants also contain smaller protein storage vacuoles (PSVs) that contain ...
Among CRISPR systems that have been tested, class 2 type II CRISPR-Cas9 was the first engineered to combat retroviral pathogens in animals and plants. CRISPR-Cas9 was reprogrammed to targeting HIV-1 under a Tat-feedback regulation, leading to ablation of HIV-1 at a very early stage of ...
1, Shuang Wu1, Kunjing Qu1, Hongyin Hu1, Jinli Yang1, Nawal Shrestha1, Jianquan Liu1,2 and Guangpeng Ren1* Abstract Background: Structural variants (SVs) constitute a large proportion of the genomic variation that results in pheno- typic variation in plants....
1). There were two large Townes traps of equal size, one with a white roof (Townes large white: TowLW) and one with a black roof (Townes large black: TowLB). The large Townes traps had a roof width of 0.6 m at each side. The third Townes model was a smaller variant of the ...
Until they are weaned, young cows and bulls are referred to as calves. If they are between the ages of one and two, they are referred to as yearlings or stirks. A castrated male kept for cattle farming or riding purposes is called an ox. ...
Locust Each locust can eat its weight in plants each day. Lone Star Tick Only females have the ‘lone star’ marking Macaw The largest species of parrot in the world! Maggot Will only live in wet areas Margay Margays are one of the world’s most highly adapted cat species for climbin...